#wga writers strike

[mysteryspotcast]

For more information and to support the WGA please:

Follow their official social media on all platforms and only trust statements from the union itself, and articles they promote (be wary of other articles).

Read up on the issues being fought for (there are articles supported by the union in their linktree)

Be vocal in your support and inform others in your communities.

Stop using ChatGPT and other AI tools, even for fun. (Not just for the duration of the strike. Stop doing it, period. Encourage friends in fandoms to stop. Make rules against it in your Discords. Stand up.)

Go to the picket lines if you live nearby.

Donate to the Entertainment Community Fund which supports non-WGA production workers whose income will be affected by the strike.

[respectissexy]

Snoop Dogg expressing solidarity with the writer's strike and explicitly tying their struggle to the struggle of recording artists to get paid in the streaming music era.

[thefirsthogokage]

This was posted on Twitter May 10th, 2023

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[summerblademoontime]

Remember when we said that the cgi animators should unionize as well?

YEEHAW MOTHERFUCKERS IT IS GO TIME

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[ryan-waddell11]

surprise another post (yet again) talking about how much I miss him

[chrisquartet]

5/15/23-A good man

[littlelesbianintern]

This whole situation sucks. I wasn’t super hopeful for a second season (the sapphic cancellation curse is real) but to remove the show entirely? I hate this trend of removing media entirely. Not just because of how much I love this show but because the erasure of art work is unethical and immoral. But this is literally why the WGA is striking and it’s more important than ever to show our support for them. Additionally make it known to other streaming platforms how much we would like them to pick up the show. On socials, email, whatever! But let them know because if there’s even the slightest hope of them picking up ROTPL it’s a step in the right direction. If you’re cancelling you’re subscription to paramount, let them know why!

FUCK PARAMOUNT PLUS.

[thesevenumbrellas]

I hope every show I love is canceled if it means writers are paid more and given more opportunities. I offer this up willingly.

​It’s insane some people think a fake reality is more important than our real one.

[sweet-symphony0]

From one WGA writer to another: thank you, Sam.

[thatrandomblogsays]

If companies were to ever try making AI shows we’ve all agreed to not watch it. However knowing human curiosity I feel we should potentially elect a few people across platforms to watch the show and review it and then we can all collectively laugh and throw pies and tomatoes at them.

[herstuf]

The American rhetoric of “going on strike is bad” and “strikes only hurt people” and “striking is just selfish/lazy/unnecessary” is actually a hold out from the Industrial Revolution when unions were first forming and creating strikes to improve working conditions in factories such as “please add ventilation so the smoke from the coal isn’t killing us” and “please add fire escapes so that we don’t die in case of emergencies” and the corporate leaders/ceos/investors basically said “no that will cost us money we value more than your lives.” And then they committed to a publicity campaign that essentially came down to “all the stuff you use in your daily life like coal and electricity and food being shipped to your stores and trains? Yeah that won’t happen anymore because of the evil employees who don’t want do their jobs” and that rhetoric has literally not changed in over 200 years. The big corporations all say the same things today “oh the employees are being selfish they’re asking for too much it’s not viable they’re ruining the things you want” all while they hoard their 700% pay to the working employees 75% pay.

Strikes are almost always a last resort. The unions don’t just up and go “omg lets just like go on strike today for funsies!” It takes months and years for strikes to happen sometimes. The WGA has been negotiating with big streaming services since Netflix first appeared. This has been a decade in the making of taking advantage of writers. So if you’re out here complaining about “oh no but my show oh no I want my show this is so mean of them” take it up with the corporations. They are at fault, not the writers who are literally asking to be paid enough to survive. They asked for healthcare and the big corps said no. To healthcare. To basic wages. To fair pay for their work being the spine of every show and movie you love. The corporations said no.

So if you’re angry at the WGA at the writers for picketing and striking then the only thing I can think is shame on you for falling for the manipulative agendas of big corporations whose only goal is profit for the big guys. Shame on you.

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[tvtalk247]

The WGA strike is finally over!

Now, SAG need to get their demands met next….

[thequietpercussionist]

Fuck Hollywood

[fluffycity]

if you want to know more about the WGA writer's strike, i highly recommend this video by Drew Gooden. it touches on the subject in a way that is easy to understand, and entertaining to watch!